Figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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Vintage 11, built 19 September 2026: 28 profiles, 77 figures, 62 Eurostat datasets, 17,612 observations, validated before publication. Source: Eurostat dissemination API (JSON-stat 2.0).
People
| Figure | Source | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Born abroadShare of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Born abroad & Born outside the EU ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: people born outside the reporting country / population of the same year. | 14.4% | 2025 |
| Born outside the EUShare of residents born outside the European Union. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Born abroad & Born outside the EU ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: people born outside the EU27 / population of the same year. | 10.4% | 2025 |
| Can expect to live toThe age someone already this old can expect to reach, on today’s mortality rates.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Life expectancy at birth & Can expect to live to ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Remaining life expectancy at an exact age, added to that age, so the figure reads as the age a person of that age can expect to reach. Each contract band is read at its middle age (0-14 at 5, 15-24 at 20, then 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80). | 81.5years | 2024 |
| Life expectancy at birthYears a child born this year could expect to live if today’s mortality rates held for life.Breakdowns: sexView data points → | Eurostat · Life expectancy at birth & Can expect to live to ↗ | 81.5years | 2024 |
| Median ageThe age that splits the population in two: half the country is older, half younger.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Median age & Share of the population ↗ | 44.9years | 2025 |
| PeoplePeople usually resident in the country on 1 January.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · People & Women in the population ↗ | 450.6m | 2025 |
| People per square kilometrePeople per square kilometre of that total area.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: population on 1 January / land area (inland water excluded, as Eurostat does). Cross-checked against demo_r_d3dens at validation. | 110per km² | 2026 |
| Share of the populationShare of the population in each Eurostat age band on 1 January.Breakdowns: age × sexView data points → | Eurostat · Median age & Share of the population ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of the population in each age band (sums to 100). Value field repeats the 0-14 share; read byAge. | 14.4% | 2025 |
| Women in the populationShare of the usually resident population recorded as female.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · People & Women in the population ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: female population / total population on 1 January. | 51.0% | 2025 |
Money and work
| Figure | Source | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| At risk of povertyShare living on less than 60% of the national median equivalised income.Breakdowns: age × sex, sex and householdView data points → | Eurostat · At risk of poverty ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Below 60% of the national median equivalised income. | 16.3% | 2025 |
| Average net incomeMean equivalised disposable income, after taxes and transfers, divided by household size.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Disposable income per person, Average net income, & Disposable income by age ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Mean equivalised net disposable income per year. | €25,952 | 2025 |
| Commute, one wayUsual time spent travelling to work, one way.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Commute, one way ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Average one-way commuting time for people in work aged 20-64. From the 2019 ad-hoc LFS module, the only round Eurostat has run: no EU27 aggregate, and no figure for Denmark, Finland or Sweden. | — | |
| Disposable income by ageMedian equivalised disposable income of people in this age band: after taxes and transfers, divided by household size.Breakdowns: ageView data points → | Eurostat · Disposable income per person, Average net income, & Disposable income by age ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Median equivalised net income by age. Eurostat publishes wider bands than the contract uses; each band maps to the narrowest published band containing it (25-34 and 35-44 both read 25-49; 45-54 reads 25-54), falling back to a wider band where the narrow one is not published. | €22,939 | 2025 |
| Disposable income per personMedian equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary.Breakdowns: age × sex, sex and householdView data points → | Eurostat · Disposable income per person, Average net income, & Disposable income by age ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size using the OECD-modified scale — what one person has to spend, not a salary. | €22,939 | 2025 |
| GDP per personGross domestic product at current market prices, divided by the population.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · GDP per person ↗Technical detailsDataset:
GDP at current prices per inhabitant. | €41,700 | 2025 |
| Gender pay gapHow far women’s average gross hourly pay falls below men’s, as a share of men’s.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Gender pay gap ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Difference between average gross hourly earnings of men and women as a share of men’s, unadjusted for occupation, hours or experience. NACE B-S excluding public administration. | 11.1% | 2024 |
| Gross pay, average-wage workerModelled gross yearly pay of a single full-time worker on the average wage.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Take-home pay, average-wage worker, Gross pay, average-wage worker, & Take-home pay by household ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Gross annual earnings of the same model case: a single full-time worker with no children on 100% of the average wage. | €43,658 | 2025 |
| Hours worked a weekUsual weekly hours in the main job, employed people aged 20 to 64, full and part time together.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Hours worked a week ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Average usual weekly hours in the main job, ages 20-64, full- and part-time together. | 37.3hours | 2025 |
| House price changeAnnual change in the price of dwellings bought by households.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · House price change ↗Technical detailsDataset:
House price index, annual average rate of change, all dwellings. | 5.5% | 2025 |
| Household electricity priceHousehold electricity price per kilowatt hour for a medium consumer, all taxes included.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Household electricity price ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Price for a household using 2 500 to 4 999 kWh a year, all taxes and levies included, newest published half-year. | €0.29per kWh | 2025 |
| Housing costs over 40% of incomeShare whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income.Breakdowns: age × sex, sex and householdView data points → | Eurostat · Housing costs over 40% of income ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share living where housing costs exceed 40% of disposable income. | 7.7% | 2025 |
| In work, age 20 to 64Share of 20 to 64 year olds in employment for at least one hour of paid work a week.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · In work, age 20 to 64 ↗ | 76.1% | 2025 |
| InflationAnnual change in the harmonised index of consumer prices.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Inflation ↗Technical detailsDataset:
HICP all-items, annual average rate of change. | 2.5% | 2025 |
| Minimum wageGross statutory minimum wage a month, where the law sets one. Six member states set none.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Minimum wage ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Gross monthly minimum wage, newest published half-year. Null where the country has no statutory minimum wage. | — | |
| Out of workShare of 15 to 74 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Out of work ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of the active population aged 15-74. | 6.0% | 2025 |
| Take-home pay by householdModelled pay after tax and family benefits, by household type.Breakdowns: householdView data points → | Eurostat · Take-home pay, average-wage worker, Gross pay, average-wage worker, & Take-home pay by household ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Net annual earnings of a full-time worker earning the national average wage, after tax and social contributions, incl. family benefits where applicable (Eurostat/OECD tax-benefit model). The household cases are single (no children), a two-earner couple without children, a two-earner couple with two children, and a single parent with two children on 67% of the average wage. | €29,954 | 2025 |
| Take-home pay, average-wage workerNet annual earnings of a single full-time worker on the national average wage, after tax and social contributions. A tax-benefit model case, not a survey median.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Take-home pay, average-wage worker, Gross pay, average-wage worker, & Take-home pay by household ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Net annual earnings of a full-time worker earning the national average wage, after tax and social contributions, incl. family benefits where applicable (Eurostat/OECD tax-benefit model). | €29,954 | 2025 |
| Usually work from homeShare of employed 15 to 64 year olds who usually work from home.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Usually work from home ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of people in work aged 20-64 who usually work from home. "Sometimes" is counted separately by Eurostat and is not included. | 8.9% | 2025 |
| Work part timeShare of employed people whose main job is part time.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Work part time ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Part-time workers as a share of everyone in work, ages 20-64. | 17.0% | 2025 |
Family and home
| Figure | Source | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at first childMean age of women at the birth of their first child.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Children per woman & Age at first child ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Mean age of the mother at the birth of her first child. | 29.9years | 2024 |
| Age of leaving homeEstimated average age at which young people move out of the parental home.Breakdowns: sexView data points → | Eurostat · Age of leaving home ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Estimated average age at which young people leave the parental household. | 26.3years | 2025 |
| Children per womanChildren a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Children per woman & Age at first child ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Total fertility rate: live births per woman. | 1.34 | 2024 |
| DivorcesDivorces in a year, per 1,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Divorces ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Crude divorce rate: divorces in the year per 1 000 inhabitants. | 1.6per 1,000 people | 2024 |
| Households with childrenShare of private households with at least one dependent child.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Households with children ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of private households with at least one dependent child. | 28.7% | 2025 |
| Live in an overcrowded homeShare living in a household with fewer rooms than its size calls for.Breakdowns: age × sex, sex and householdView data points → | Eurostat · Live in an overcrowded home ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of people in a household without the minimum number of rooms Eurostat sets for its composition. | 16.8% | 2025 |
| MarriagesMarriages in a year, per 1,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Marriages ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Crude marriage rate: marriages in the year per 1 000 inhabitants. | 3.9per 1,000 people | 2024 |
| Own their homeShare of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Own their home ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of the population living in an owner-occupied dwelling. | 68.5% | 2025 |
| People per householdAverage number of people living in a private household.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · People per household ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Average number of people per private household. | 2.3 | 2025 |
| Rooms per personRooms in the dwelling, divided by the people living in it.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Rooms per person ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Average number of rooms per person in the dwelling, all tenures. | 1.7 | 2025 |
| Under-threes in formal childcareShare of children under three in formal childcare for at least an hour a week.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Under-threes in formal childcare ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of children under three attending formal childcare or pre-school for an hour a week or more. | 40.5% | 2025 |
Health and daily life
| Figure | Source | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| DoctorsPractising doctors, per 100,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Doctors ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: physicians head count x 100 000 / population of the same year. | 374per 100,000 people | 2017 |
| Five portions of fruit and veg a dayShare of adults eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Five portions of fruit and veg a day ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of people aged 15 and over eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day. European Health Interview Survey. | 12.4% | 2019 |
| Healthy life years at birthYears a newborn can expect to live without a long-standing limitation on daily activity.Breakdowns: sexView data points → | Eurostat · Healthy life years at birth ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Years a newborn can expect to live without activity limitation. Life expectancy at birth minus the years expected with a long-standing limitation. | 65.2years | 2024 |
| Hospital bedsBeds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Hospital beds ↗Technical detailsDataset:
All hospital beds (curative, rehabilitative, long-term and other). Eurostat publishes no count of hospitals, so beds are the honest proxy. | 507per 100,000 people | 2024 |
| Life satisfactionAverage rating people give their own life, on a scale from 0 to 10.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Life satisfaction ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Average rating of life as a whole, 0 to 10, for people aged 16 and over. | 7.2out of 10 | 2025 |
| Meet the activity guidelineShare of adults meeting the weekly guideline for health-enhancing physical activity.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Meet the activity guideline ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of people aged 15 and over doing at least 150 minutes of health-enhancing aerobic activity a week. European Health Interview Survey. | 31.0% | 2019 |
| NursesPractising nurses and midwives, per 100,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Nurses ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Practising nursing professionals and associate professionals (ISCO 222 and 322). | — | |
| ObeseShare of adults with a body mass index of 30 or more, from the European health interview survey.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Obese ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of people aged 15 and over with a body mass index of 30 or more, self-reported. European Health Interview Survey, run every six years (2014, 2019). | 16.0% | 2019 |
| Smoke every dayShare of adults who smoke every day.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Smoke every day ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of people aged 15 and over who smoke cigarettes daily. European Health Interview Survey. | 18.4% | 2019 |
Education
| Figure | Source | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Know a foreign languageShare of 25 to 64 year olds who know at least one language other than their mother tongue.Breakdowns: ageView data points → | Eurostat · Know a foreign language ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of 25-64 year olds who know at least one foreign language, summed from the one, two and three-or-more language bands. Adult Education Survey, run every five or six years. | 74.6% | 2022 |
| Left school earlyShare of 18 to 24 year olds with at most lower secondary schooling who are no longer in education.Breakdowns: sexView data points → | Eurostat · Left school early ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of 18-24 year olds with at most lower secondary education who are not in further education or training. | 9.1% | 2025 |
| Not in work, education or trainingShare of 15 to 29 year olds in neither employment, education nor training.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · Not in work, education or training ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of 15-29 year olds who are not employed and in neither formal nor non-formal education or training. | 11.0% | 2025 |
| Spent on research and developmentAll spending on research and development, public and private, against GDP.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Spent on research and development ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D across all sectors of performance, as a share of GDP. | 2.2% | 2024 |
| Students per 1,000 peoplePeople in higher education, per 1,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · University students & Students per 1,000 people ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: tertiary students x 1 000 / population of the same year. | 42.4per 1,000 people | 2024 |
| University studentsPeople enrolled in short-cycle, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · University students & Students per 1,000 people ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Enrolled in ISCED levels 5 to 8. | 19.1m | 2024 |
| With a degreeShare of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree.Breakdowns: age × sex and sexView data points → | Eurostat · With a degree ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of 25-64 year olds with tertiary education (ISCED 5-8). | 36.9% | 2025 |
Public spending
| Figure | Source | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government debtConsolidated gross debt of the general government, against GDP.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Government debt ↗Technical detailsDataset:
General government consolidated gross debt as a share of GDP. | 81.7% | 2025 |
| Public spending per personTotal general government expenditure divided by the population: all levels of government together.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Public spending by function ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: total general government expenditure (S13, TE) x 1e6 / population on 1 January of the same year. | €19,707 | 2024 |
| Spent on pensionsPublic spending on old-age and survivors’ pensions, against GDP.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Spent on pensions ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Social protection expenditure on pensions of every kind, means-tested and not, as a share of GDP (ESSPROS). | 12.3% | 2023 |
| Tax raised per personTaxes and net social contributions received by general government, per resident.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Tax raised per person ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: total receipts from taxes and social contributions after deduction of amounts unlikely to be collected (D2+D5+D91+D61 less D995) x 1e6 / population of the same year. | €16,198 | 2024 |
Country and infrastructure
| Figure | Source | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 peoplePassenger cars registered, per 1,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Cars per 1,000 people ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Passenger cars in the vehicle fleet. | 584per 1,000 people | 2025 |
| Households with internetShare of households with internet access at home.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Households with internet ↗ | 94.8% | 2025 |
| Land areaTotal area of the country, inland water included.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Total area in square kilometres, inland water included. | 4,225,104km² | 2026 |
| Motorway densityMotorway open to traffic for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Motorway network & Motorway density ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: motorway length x 1 000 / land area. | 18.6per 1,000 km² | 2023 |
| Motorway networkLength of motorway open to traffic.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Motorway network & Motorway density ↗ | 76,515km | 2023 |
| Railway densityRailway line in use for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Railway network & Railway density ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: railway line length x 1 000 / land area. | 49.1per 1,000 km² | 2024 |
| Railway networkLength of railway line in use, each line counted once whatever its number of tracks.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Railway network & Railway density ↗ | 201,354km | 2024 |
| Tourist nightsNights spent in hotels, holiday lets and campsites over a year.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Tourist nights & Tourist nights per resident ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Nights spent at hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites. | 3,021,911,702 | 2024 |
| Tourist nights per residentNights spent in tourist accommodation over a year, divided by the population.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Tourist nights & Tourist nights per resident ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: nights spent / population of the same year. | 6.73 | 2024 |
Environment
| Figure | Source | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| BurglariesBurglaries of homes recorded by the police, per 100,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Intentional homicides & Burglaries ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Police-recorded burglaries per 100 000 inhabitants. Reporting rates differ between countries, so read the trend rather than the level. | — | |
| Greenhouse gas per personNet greenhouse gas emissions per person, in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Greenhouse gas per person ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: total greenhouse gas emissions in CO2 equivalent, excluding land use and memo items, divided by population. | 6.7tonnes | 2024 |
| Intentional homicidesIntentional homicides recorded by the police, per 100,000 residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Intentional homicides & Burglaries ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Police-recorded intentional homicides per 100 000 inhabitants. Recording practice differs between countries. | — | |
| Land under forestShare of the land area under forest.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Land under forest ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: forest area (thousand hectares x 10 = km2) / land area x 100. | — | |
| Municipal waste per personMunicipal waste generated per person over a year.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Municipal waste per person ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Kilograms of municipal waste generated per inhabitant in the year. | 517kg | 2024 |
| New cars that are electricShare of newly registered passenger cars that run on batteries alone.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · New cars that are electric ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: battery-electric registrations as a share of all new passenger car registrations. Plug-in hybrids are counted separately by Eurostat and are not included. | 17.3% | 2025 |
| Renewable energyShare of final energy use that comes from renewable sources.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Renewable energy ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Share of gross final energy consumption. | 26.2% | 2025 |
| Road deathsPeople killed in road accidents over a year, per million residents.country-wide onlyView data points → | Eurostat · Road deaths ↗Technical detailsDataset:
Derived: people killed in road accidents in the year x 1 000 000 / population. Eurostat publishes a per-million cell of its own, but its EU27 total disagrees with its own male and female cells, so the count is divided here instead. | 44.4per million people | 2024 |
Public spending by function
Technical details
Dataset: gov_10a_exp
General government (S13) total expenditure (TE) by COFOG function. Per capita = MIO_EUR x 1e6 / population on 1 January of the same year; per100 = share of total expenditure x 100.
| Figure | EU27 figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| General public services | €2,438€ per resident | 2024 |
| Defence | €593€ per resident | 2024 |
| Public order and safety | €699€ per resident | 2024 |
| Economic affairs | €2,123€ per resident | 2024 |
| Environmental protection | €331€ per resident | 2024 |
| Housing and community | €296€ per resident | 2024 |
| Health | €2,959€ per resident | 2024 |
| Recreation and culture | €474€ per resident | 2024 |
| Education | €1,913€ per resident | 2024 |
| Social protection | €7,882€ per resident | 2024 |